Climate averages 1991–2020
Rome weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Rome: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica (21 km away). In April its highs average 16.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Rome, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Rome ranks joint 22nd of 79 for the warmest April highs and 37th of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 17.4°C; Rome is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Rome climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 63 | 8.6 | 9.510 h |
| February | 12.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 72 | 9.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 74 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 77 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 58 | 8.4 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 34 | 5.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 23 | 4.0 | 14.915 h |
| August | 30.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 22 | 4.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 116 | 10.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 128 | 12.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 94 | 10.6 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica in AprilItaly · 21 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Guidonia Montecelio in AprilItaly · 21 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Fiumicino in AprilItaly · 26 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Aprilia in AprilItaly · 35 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Latina in AprilItaly · 58 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 85 mm rain
- Terni in AprilItaly · 75 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Perugia in AprilItaly · 136 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Pescara in AprilItaly · 153 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 62 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rome) is explained once on the Rome year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.